Self-tying baling-press.



G. E. JACKSON. SELF TYING BALING PRESS. APPLICATION I IL ED JULY 9,1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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SELF TYING BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1908.

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G. E. JACKSON.

SELF TYING BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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@TA'lTEtl T SE LF-TYING BALING-PRESS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. JACKSON, citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Tying Baling-Presses, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inpresses for baling hay and the like, and the invention has for itsprimary object, a simple, durable and efficient construction of halingpress which will be entirely automatic throughout the operation offeeding the mate ial into the press, compressing the same into a haloand encircling the halo with one or more wires and finally effectivelytying the wires and discharging the halo.

The invention also has for its object an improved construction ofmechanism of this character in. which the feeding in of the ma terialwill be automatically stopped at a predetermined point, such stopping ofthe feeding apparatus being automatically governed by the bale itselfafter it has reached the required proportion.

A further object of the invention is an improved mechanism for feedingwires either from a coil, or a reel or spool up to the wire feeding,twisting and tying mechanisms, the said wire feeding mechanism beingautomatically set in operation by the plunger of the press and itsconcomitant parts.

The invention also has for its object, an improved construction ofclutch mechanism which is so operated automatically that the packingfork will he held elevated in an inoperative position while the wiresare being carried upwardly by the needles to the wire feedingandtwisting devices and while the wires are twisted and the halo pushedoutwardly to IIlitl-IO room for another hale, the entire clutchmechanism being set into 3 operation, at the proper time by automaticmeans governed by the bale itself, when the latter has reached apredetermined size. the invention also has for its object a simple, (1?"hle and efficient construction of apparatus of posed of compan I v partsand which may be lightly and yet strongiydeuilt.

With these and other objects iii'wic v as will more fully appear as thedescripti'oin proceeds, the invention consists in certain Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1908.

Fatented April 2'7, 1909.

Serial No. 442,644.

constructions, arrangements and combinations of parts that 1 shallhereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full mulch-standing of the invention, reference is to he had tothe following do scription and acconumnying drawings in which;

Figures 1 and 1 are side elevations of the front and rear halvesrespectively of the self tying haling press constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the major portion ofthe press looking at the side opposite to that illustrated in Figs. 1and-1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the rear portion of the press; Fig.4 is a perspective view of a portion of the clutch mechanism located atthe rear end of the press; Fig. 5 is a top plan view on an enlargedscale, of that portion of the press where the tuisters are located;Figs. 6 and 7 are longitudinal sectional views of that portion of thepress where the tying and twisting operations are performed, the needlesand needle carrying means being shown in two different positions inthese vieus; fig. 8 is a trrmsvcrsc sectional view through a portion ofthe press at. the wire holding, twisting and ire feeding mechanisms; 9is a dot: 'l perspective view of an operating rod designed to actuatethe several clutches hereinafter specifically described, Fig. 10 is aside elevation thereof; Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view thereof 3Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustratiiig the front end of saidactuating rod and nut-ans for the positive actuation of the clutchcs;Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view of the two parts of said clutchactuating mechan ism; Fig. 14 is a detail perspective of a swingingrocker which constitutes the actuatin arm tor the packing "fork; lug.1:) is a detail top plan view of one of the tv-Jistcrs that may beemployed and, 1t) and 17 are top plan and side views illustrating thecutter mechanism.

The framework of my improved press may he of any desired constructionand dcsgn and is preferably mounted upon traveling wheels as shown sothat it may be drawn from place to place, as desired.

The reference numeral 1 designates the main drive shaft which extendstransversely of the framework as shown and which may be driven in anydesired way; in

the present instance, I have shown the drive L V snaltd as equipped witha band wheel or beam 18 in a pulley 2 around which the band or belt 3 lupwardly projecting arms 32 of a shaft extends, said belt leading fromsome suit- I ournaled 1n the framework at the rear end able source ofpower not shown.

4 designates the fly or balance wheel on the opposite end of the shaft 1from the pulley 2.

The drive shaft 1 carries a spur pinion 5 which meshes with a relativelylarge gear wheel 6 on one end of a transverse shaft 7 journaled on theframework of the press at the rear of drive shaft 1. Spur pinions 8 and9 are also carried by this counter shaft 7, said pinions meshingrespectively with relatively large gear wheels 10 and 11 mounted on ashaft 1.2 and designed to drive the plun ger of the press, and for thispurpose said wheels are'connected together by a crank 13 in which theknuckle 14 of the pitman 15 is mounted so as to impart a reciprocatingmotion to the plunger as the wheels rotate.

16 designates the plunger of the press which may be of any desiredconstruction. and which is best outlined in Fig. 1.

In order to pack the hay into the compression chamber, 1 have provided afork 17 which hangs down from the forward end of a rocking beam 18fulcrumed intermediate of its ends on a standard 19 mounted on theframework. The rear end of the beam 18 carries a depending rocker 20which constitutes a portion of the means for swinging the directi 1 tocarry the forsaid being piv connected to the beam 18, the fora, dly .5;-tending arm of said rocker being pulled upon by a sprirg 24 so as tohold the don:- wardly extending arm 25 of said rocker the fOffi'HJCllimit of its swi ging movement. This arm 25 is formed with upwardlyfacing hook 26 and a rod 27 extends across the framework as shown and isdesigned t6 be engaged by said hook in order to limit the swingin orrocking movement of the beam 18 with the fork 17 at the dovmward limitof its traverse. Just below the llGOl'I. the

downwardly lower extremity of the arm 25 of the rocker her so that theWheel will be turned. inter- 20 is recessed as indicated at 28 (seeFigs. l" and 14) and this recessed lower extremity is designed to beengaged by a roller 29 (see Fig. 4) formed on an upwardly projecting armof the knuckle 14 of the pitman, so that when the rear end of the pitmanrises, the roller29 will strike the lower extremity 28 of the arm 25 andthereby obviously rock the beam 18 so as to push the fork 17 into thehay in the compressing chamber and properly pack the same. It is to beunderstood, that the rear end of the beam 18 is heavier than the foraard end so that the beam tends to assume an inoperative positionillustrated in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that the arm 25 of the rocker 20 is formed with arearwardly extending and downwardly facing hook 3O this hook is designedfor engagement by a roller 31 on the thereof. (See. Figs. 1 2, 3 and 4.)The shaft 33 (see Fig. 4) is formed at one end with crank 34 pivotallyconnected to a casting 35 at the rear end of an operating rod 36, and aspring34 is so connected to the rear sills of the press and the crank34, as to exert a tendency to turn the shaft 33 in a direction to swingthe arm 32 forwardly. The rod 36 extends forwardly along side of theframework, as best illustrated in Fig. 2, and carries a casting 37 (seeFigs. 9, 1.0 and 1.1). The castin 37 is formed with a hook 38 desig iedto be engaged by a lug 39 formed on the plunger. As the plunger movesforwardly, the hook 38 will be found in the path thereof at the propertime, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, and as thesaid hook 38 is engaged by the lug 39 and the rod 36 pulled forwardly,the hook 353 will be instantly engaged by the pivoted locking dog 40mounted at the side of the framework, and the rod 36 will be thus heldat the forward limit of its movement. When this operation occurs, theroller 31 on the arm 32, which engaged the hook 30 will be swungrearwardly while engaged in sa d hook, and this will result in swingingthe rocker 20 back wardly against the tension of the spring 24 to therearwar 1 limit of its movement where its lower extremity 28 will beheld out of the path of movement of the roller 29 carried by the rearendof the pitman and, consequently, the packing fork will not beactuated so long as the rocker 20 is thus held, and will be maintainedin an inoperative position until the baling operation has been completedand the baled hay pushed outwardly to make room for the next bale to beformed.

In. order that the rod 36 may be pulled for ward y as above describedwhen the bale has reached the required size, I have provided a starwheel 41 which is mounted on a stub shaft on the framework and. which isdesigned to engage the hay in the baling chammitt'mgly as the hay is isl in and compressed. On the same shaft with the starwheel 41 and movabletherewith is a pinion 42 which meshes with a larger pinion 43 on atransverse shaft 44. The shaft 44 carries at its outer end a bracket 45formed with lugs 46 and 46 and a pivoted dog 47 is attached as at 43 tosaid bracket, the rear end of said bracket being weighted as shown andbeing formed with a shoulder 4'7 designed to rest upon or against thelug 46 (see Figs. 12 and 1.3). As the shaft 44 is turned through theinstrumentality of the star wheel 41 and its correlated parts, the dog.47, during a portion of the movement of said shaft, will rest againstthe lug 46 a and the forward end of the dog 47 iv ill be free fromengagement with the other lug 46, but when the bale has reached therequired size, the dog 47 will have brought its nose up against the rearside of the lever 49 and then the lug 46 will engage the rear edge ofthe dog 47 and push the dog against the rear face of said lever andshovethe lever 49 off of the extended edge 44 of the bearing standard 44in which one end of the shaft 44 is journaled, it being understood thatthe lever 49 is formed with a downwardly facing shoulder 49 by which itis caused to rest upon and be suspended from the extension edge 44 ofthe standard 44 until this operation is effected. The lever 49 is formedwith an. arm 50 and is pivoted as at 51 to the front end of theoperating rod 36. As the lever 49 is thus pushed from its sup port onthe standard 44*, it and the operating rod 36 will be permitted to dropin order to bringthe hook 38 into the path of movement of the lug 39 ofthe plunger.

It is to be particularly noted that the casting 37 carries a swingingreleasing latch 37= which is mounted on the rear side therc of and whichis capable of a free rearward movement on a pin 80 secured on the outerside of the casting and is prevented from a free forward swingingmovement by means of a lug a which is mounted on the rear of thecasting. The parts are so arranged that the rod 36 will be dropped whenthe plunger is just about to engage the hook 38 and, as beforedescribed, the lug 39 of the plunger will then, by such engagement, pullthe operating rod 36 forwardly until the lug 38 has been engaged by thedog 40. On the next rearward movement of the plunger the lug 39 willmerely swing the releasing latch ward traverse of the plunger, the lug39 will engage the rear edge of the latch 37 and swing the same into"engagement with the lug a and then manifestly raise the entire casting37 and the operating rod 36. On he rising movement of the forward end ofthe operating rod 36, the upper end of the lever 49 will ride upon therearwardly inclined lower edge 44 of the standard extension illustratedin Fig. 13 until said shouldered end 4' 9 shall have passed the rearedge of such extension whereupon the weighted end '50 of the lever willeffect a forward rocking movement of the upper end of the lever so thatthe shoulder 49" will engage with the supporting surfaces 44 and holdthe lever 49 suspended in its upper position upon the standard 44 so asto maintain the hook 38 out of the path of the lug 39 on the plungeruntil the star wheel 41 has been again turned by and upon the reachingof the next bale to the proper size whereupon the operation of throwingthe lever from its support and the succeeding operations I havedescribed, will be repeated.

Referring new again to Fig. 4, it will be seen that in addition to thearm 32, the shaft 33 is formed with a relatively small down-- wardlyprojecting crank 52 which is connected by a link 53 with slipper levers54. These levers extend in opposite directions as shown, and areprovided at one end with yokes which are operativcly connected to theclutches 55 splined on the shafts 56 and 57 journalcd in the frameworkin transverse alinement with each other. A gear wheel 58 is mountedloosely on the shaft 56 and is designed to be engaged therewith by meansof one of the clutches 55. This gear wheel 58 is intended to receive twoactuations in the operation of forming and tying one bale, and, for thispurpose, the large gear wheel 10 is formed with two toothed segments 59spaced from each other as best seen in Fig. 1, said segments meshing insuccession with the wleel 58; as will be hereinafter more specificallyset forth; the wheel 58 is the prime mover for the needles that carrythe wires up to the twistcrs, and in the operation of the machine, thefirst of the segments 59 as it engages the wheel 58 will effect thecarrying of the wires up to the twisters, while the second of thesegments will by a succeeding engagement with the wheel 58 effect thelowering of the needles so as to get them out of the way for the nextbatch of hay to be formed into a bale. Between the action of the twosegments 59, the twisting operation is completed. as will be hereinaftermore specifically described. In addition to the wheel 58, the actuatingelements for the needles embodies a crank or wheel 60 Y on the end ofthe shaft 56, and a pitman 61 37 aside, but on the next succeedingforextends forwardly and is connected at its front end with an arm 62which will presently be described more in detail. The opposite clutch 55on the shaft 57 is designed to ena gear wreel 63 adapted for engagementby a tootlted segment 64 formed on the large gear wlieel 11, saidsegment 64 acting between the two segments 59 as has just been noted; atthe outer end of the shaft 57 a bevel pinion 65 is secured and acorresponding pinion 66 meshes therewith, the pinion 66 being securedfast on the rear end of a forwardly and upwardlj projecting shaft 67extending along side of ti o framework. At its upper forward end, theshaft 67 has a bevel pinion 6S wl ich meshes with a corresponding pinion69 on one end of the twister shaft 70. (See Fig. 5.)

he hay to be baled is fed into the press by means of any suitableautomaticali operated conveyer, say of the endless apron type (notshown), said feeder being operated by means of a chain 7] which extendsover a sprocket wheel 72 on one end of a longitudinally extending shaft73 journalcd on the framework just in rear of the tying mechanism. Theshaft 73 carries at its rear end a miter pinion 74 meshing with asimilar &

pinion on the main drive shaft 1. The sprocket wheel 72 is loose on thedrive shaft 73 and is normal held in engagement therewith by means of aspring pressed clutch 76. This clutch is connected to a yoke which iscarried by the rocking shaft 77 which extends transversely of theframework, and an arm 78 extends downwardly from said shaft 77 at oneend thereof and is slotted as at 79 to accommodate the pin 80 carried bythe casting 37. Hence it will be seen that as the rod 36 is pulledforwardly, the arm 78 will be wung to turn the sl'iaft 77, and theclutch 76 will be disengaged from the wheel 72 so as to stop the feedingoperation during the wire feeding and twistingpperations.

The wires 81 may be fed from a coil or a spool and any desired number ofwires may be used. In the present instance, three are illustrated and awire spool is employed.

At the beginning of the wire feeding operation, the wires are fed byhano up through suitable openings in the bed of the press to the wireholders 82, that are journaled to turn about vertical axes on an archedsupporting beam 82 extending across the framework, and that are providedwith a se ies of relatively short blunt fingers 82 extending rigidlytherefrom. As the hay is fed into the press and packed, the wires willextend around the front and bottom of the bale and as the bale isfinally compressed and pushed outwardly as indicated in 7, the wireswill extend around the top, front and bottom. In order to complete theencircling of the bale with the wires, the wires are threaded throughneedles 83 that are secured to needle arms 84 mounted for a longitudinalsliding movement in a separator frame 85, said frame being provided withgrooves 86 for the wires, said grooves being in alinement with thetwisting mechanism when the needle arms have carried the needlesupv'ardly to the twisters and wire holders. l 1e said separator frame ismounted upon a transverse shaft 87. Toothed segments 88 are mounted in astationary manner concentric to the shaft 87, and interiorly toothedracks 89 incase and engage said segments, said racks being rigidlysecured to the needle carrying arms 84:. Thus it will be seen that asthe shaft 87 is turned to carry the needles 83 up to the i *ire holdersand twisters, the engagement of the racks with the stationary se mentswill have an upward clamping action on the segments, and alongitudinally er upwardly sliding movement will thereby be imparted tothe needle arms 8-1 in addition to the rotary or swingin movement, inorder that the needles 83 may properly register with he wire holders andtwisters when the needles are swung upwardly. his swinging movement andits accompanying longitudinal movement as the needle arms swing upwardlyafford the means whereby the needle carr ing arms in their lowerinmovement may quickly get out of the way of the plunger as it movesforwardly to compress the hay. The shaft 87 is connected at one end tothe arm 62 which is in turn connected to the-front end of the pitman orconnecting rod 61 hereinbefore described.

The first half revolution of the crank wheel 66 brings the needles andneedle holders to the upper position at the same time automaticallymoving the wire holder a distance of one projection. This carries thetwisted ends out of the way and allows the end of the wire which hasbeen held by the holder and a loop brought up by the needles to stay atthe center of the twisting pinions 90 which are formed with radiallyextending slots 90 as best seen in Fig. 15. The slots in the twisterpinions are too narrow to allow the wires to pass each other so thatwhen the twister-s are rotated, with their engagement with the spurpinions 91 journaled on the stub shafts in the framework, the wires willtwist as sh wn best in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. The stub shafts which carry thespur pinions 91 also carry the bey' el pinions 92 meshing with thepinions 93 on the transversely extending twister shaft 76. The loop orwire shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 will be formed upon the next projectionon the wire holders as the needles return to the lower position belowthe press;

by the second half of the revolutionof the crank wheel 60, the guides94, as best seen in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 tend to force the wires which theneedles carry to go between the projections of the fingers of the wireholders and prevent them from slipping off after they are twistedtogether.

The wires it is to be understood are held by the wire holders 82 and aretwisted by the twister pinions 90, and after they have been twisted,they are out. The cutting mechanism, illustrated best in Figs. 16 and17, consists of a plurality of stationary cutters 95 supported on one ofthe transverse beams of the framework and a series of movable cutters 96all of which are carried by a transversely extending cutter bar 97. Asseen best in Fig. 1.6, the cutter bar 97 is of angular formation so asto pass around and back of one twister pinion to the next, and it isprovided at one end with a roller 98 designed to be en aged by a cam 68on the head of the pinion 68. During the rotation of the shaft 67 tooperate the twisters, the cam 68 on the beveled gear 68 moves the cutterbar 97 horizontally in a direction to cause all the twisted wires to becut at the same time. The cam 68 is so timed, that the cutting isfinished and the cutter bar is drawn back by any suitable spring (notshown), just as the motion of the shaft 67 stops, leaving cutters 95 and96 in spaced relation to each other ready for the next wires to befed tothe centers of the twister pinions through the slots 90 thereof.

Brieflydescribing the general operation of the machine, the details ofthe operation hav mg been set forth it may be stated that when i themachine is started the wires 81 are fed by hand through the needles 88and up to the Wire holders 82 and are looped over the finger thereof,the needles being then in their lowered positions. As the machine isstarted by the drive shaft 1, the plunger will be reciprocated while atthe same time, every revolution of the two gear wheels 10 and 11 willcause the engagement of the roller 29 with the rocker 20 and rock thebeam 18 to pack the hay that is being fed into the compression chamber.As soon as the bale has reached the required size, an intermittentmovement of the star wheel 41 will cause the lever 49 to be pushed fromthe bracket 44 and the operating rod 36 will drop and the lug 39 willengage the hook 3S and move the rod 36 forwardly until the hook 38 isengaged by the dog 40 and the rod is held at the forward limit of itsmovement. This forward movement of the rod 36 will throw the sprocket 72for the feeding mechanism out of gear and the feeding 1 iechanism willstop while at the same time such movement of the rod 36 will rock theshaft 33 so that the arm 32 thereof will swing the rocker 20 rearwardlyand hold the same out of operative relation to the roller 29 of the pitman 1 5. Hence the packing fork 17 will be maintained in an inoperativeposition. Manifestly also, the rocking of the shaft 33 will throw theclutches 55 into engagement with their respective gear wheels 58 and 63and the wire feeding mechanism will be actuated to carry the wires uparound the rear sides of the bale as illustrated in Fig. 7, the needleswill he held in an upper position while the twisting and cutting of thewires is accomplished and the second segment 59 of the gear wheel 10will then effect the lowering of the needles so as to feed the wiresdownwardly again in front of the next bale of hay to be formed, it beingunderstood that the wires are fed tl'u'ough the needles in this loweringmovement of the needles, the end of the wires being held in thefingersof the wire holder. As soon as these steps have been performed, the lug39 of the plunger will again raise the operating rod 36 until it isagain suspended by the shoulder lever 49 and the spring 34 will so turnthe shaft 33 as to move the arm 32 out of the way of the rocker 20 andthe clutches 55 out of engagement with their gear wheels 58 and 63, sothat the feeding operation and packing operation will be resumed whilethe wire feeding and twisting mechanisms are inoperative.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a baling press, the combination of a packing fork, a rocking beam'to one end of which said fork is connected, a plunger, means foroperating said plunger, a rocker secured to the other arm -of said beamand arranged to be engaged by the plunger op erating means to rock thebeam, wire feeding and twisting mccl'ianisms, and means forautomatically holding said rocker out of the path of said plungeroperating means during the operation of the said wire feeding andtwisting mechanisms.

2. In a baling press, the combination of a packing fork, a rocking beamto the forward end of which said fork is connected, it plunger, meansfor operating said plunger, said means including a crank and crankwheels, a pitman connecting said crank with the plunger, a rockersecured to and depending from the roar arm of the beam and arranged tobe ei'igaged by said crank to rock the beam, wire feeding and twisting machanism, means for actuating the same, and a transversely extending rodand support therefor, the said rocker being provided with a forwardlyfacing hook designed to engage said rod whereby to limit the upwardmovement of the rocker.

3. In a baling press, the combination of a rocking team, a fork carriedon the forward end of said beam, a plunger, rotating means arranged toactuate said plunger, a rocker secured to and depending from the reararm of the beam and normally held in the path of movement of saidplunger operating means whereby the latter will engage the rocker andpush the same upwardly to rock the beam and to depress the rocker, saidrocker being formed with a rcarwardly and oi'itwardtv facing hook, wirefeeding and ying mechanisms, ineans for automatically actuating thesame, and means for engaging the said hook of the rocker for holding therocker in an inoperative relation to the plunger operating moans duringthe operation of the wire feeding and tying mechanisms.

4. In a baling press, the combination of a packing fork, a rocking beamto the forward end of which said fork is connected, a rocker carried byand depending from the rear end of said beam, means for intermittentlyengaging said rocker to push the same upward to rock the beam, and meansactuated by and upon the completion of a. halo, automatically moving thesaid rocker out of the path of movement of said pushing means.

5. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, means for actuating the same, means for setting saidactuating means into operation, said means actuating an operating rod, ahook carried by said red, at plunger, means for reciprocating saidplunger, the plunger being provided with a lug arranged to strike saidhook and push the operating rod forwardly, a dog adapted to engage andhold the rod sta tionary at the limit of its forward movei'nent,

and means for permitting a subsequent rearward movement of the plungerwithout d1sengaging the hook from the dog and for.

causing the plunger to disengage the hook from the dog upon the nextsucceeding for- Ward movement of the plunger.

6. In a baling press, the combination of a packing fork, alongitudinally disposed rocking beam to the forward end of which saidfork is connected, a plunger, means for operating said plunger, saidmeans including a crank, and crank wheels, a pitman connected to saidcrank and the plunger, a rocker se cured to and depending from the reararm of the beam, and arranged to be engaged by said crank to rock hebeam, wire feeding and twisting mechanisms, and means for automaticallyholding said rocker out of the path of said crank during the operationof the wire feeding and twisting mechanisms.

7 In a baling press, the combination of a rocking beam, a packer carriedon the forward arm of said beam, a plunger, crank wheels provided with acrank to which the pitman is connected, a rocker secured to anddepending from the rear arm of the beam and normally held in the path ofmovement of said crank whereby the crank will engage the rocker and pushthe same upwardly to rock the beam and to depress the packer, saidrocker being formed with a rearwardly extending, downwardly facing hock,wire feeding and tying mechanisms, and means for automatically actuatingsaid hook and swinging the rocker rearwardly out of the path of movementof the crank during the operation of the wire twisting and tyingmechanisms.

8. In a baling press, the combination of a rocking beam, a packercarried by the forward arm of said beam, a rocker secured to anddepending from the rear arm of said beam, a plunger, means for recipiocating sai l plunger, and for engaging said rocker to push the sameupwardly to rock the beam in a direction to depress the packer, wirefeeding and tying mechanisms, a driving mechanism therefor, embodyingclutches, and means for moving said clutches to operative position, andan arm carried by said last named means and arranged to engage therocker and swing the same out of operative relation to its actuating.means during he operation of the wire feeding and tying mechanisms.

9. A baling press, comprising rocking beam, a packer carried by theforward arm of said beam, a rocker secured to and depending from therear arm of said beam, a plunger, a pitman connected to said plunger,crank wheels provided with a crank, to which the rear end of the pitmanis connected, means for turning said wheels, wire feecing and tyingmechanisms, and means for automatically moving the rocker out ofoperative relation to its actuating means during the operation of thewire feeding and tying mechanisms.

10. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, means for actuating said mechanisms in succession,

and for subsequently moving the wire feeding mechanism to an inoperativeposition, said actuating means including clutches and an actuating shaftfor said clutches, an operating rod operatively connected to said shaft,a plunger, means for actuating said plunger, and means for positivelymoving said operating rod by and upon the movement of the plunger, asand for the purpose set forth.

11.. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, means for actuating the same in succession and forsubsequently moving the feeding mechanism to an inoperative position,driving mechanism therefor, said driving mechanism including clutches,and an actuating shaft for said clutches, an operating rod operativelyconnected to said shaft, a plunger, means for reciprocating saidplunger, means for effectmg a connection between said operating rod andsaid plunger up on the forward movement of the plunger, and means forautomatically holding said rod out of operative relation to said plungeruntil the completion of a bale to a predetermined size.

12. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, actuating means therefor, means for setting said actuatingmeans into operation, said last named means includin an operating rodprovided with a hook, a plu iger, means for reciprocating said plunger,the plunger being provided with a lug designed to engage said hook, andmove said operating rod during a forward movement of the plunger, andmeans for automatically holding said operating rod in a position whereits hook will be out of the path of the plunger until the completion ofa bale, and for subsequently permitting the rod to move in a directionto carry its hook into operative relation to said plunger.

13. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, actuating means therefor, means for setting said actuatingmeans into operation, said last named means including an operating rodprovided with a hook and arranged for an upward and downward movement, alever carried by the forward end of said operating rod, means forengaging said lever and for supporting it in a position. to hold theoperating rod raised, a plunger, means for reciprocating said plunger,the plunger being provided with a lug designed to engage said hook inthe lowered position of the rod, and means for automatically disengagingthe lever from its support and permitting the rod to drop as and for thepurpose set forth.

14. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, means for actuating the same, means for setting saidactuating means into operation, said last named means embodying anoperating rod, a hook carried by said rod, a swinging releasing latchalso carried by said rod, a plunger, means for reciprocating saidplunger, the plunger being provided with a lug arranged to strike saidhook and push the operating rod forwardly, means for automaticallyholding said rod with its hook out of the path of the lug until thecompletion of a bale, and for subsequently permitting the rod to dropand carry its hook into the path of the lug, and a dog adapted to engagesaid hook and hold the same stationary at the limit of its forwardmovement, the lug of the plunger being arranged upon a subsequentmovement to engage the releasing latch and move the operating rod in adirection to carry its hook out of engagement with the dog, and meansfor ai'itomatically returning the latch to the rear limit of itsmovement.

15. In a baling press, the con'ibination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms,means for actuating the same, means for setting the actuating.means into operation, said last named means including a longitudinallyextending rod provided with a hook, a lever carried by the forward endof said rod, the rod and lever being arranged for an up and downmovement, a standard upon which the lever isdesigned to rest upon theupper limit of its movement and the upper limit of the movement of theoperating rod, a plunger, means for reciprocating said plunger, theplunger being provided with a lug arranged to strike said hook in thelowered position of the operating rod, and means for automaticallydisengaging the lever from its support and permitting the rod to dropupon the completion of a bale to a predetermined size.

16. In abaling press, the combination of a wire feeding and tyingmechanism, actuating means therefor, means for setting the actuatingmeans into operation, said last named means including a longitudinallyextending operating rod, a lever carried by the forward end of said rod,a star wheel, a support therefor, the star wheel being arranged toengage the material as it is compressed whereby to intermittingly turnthe star wheel, the oper ating rod and lever being mounted for an up anddown movement, a support for holding said lever and operating rod at theupper limit of their movement, means actuated by the star wheel forpushing the lever off of its support, and permitting the operating rodto drop, a plunger provided with a ing, means for operating saidplunger, the operating rod being provided with a hook designed in thelowered position of the rod to be engaged by said lug whereby to pullthe rod forwardly and set into operation the actuating means for thewire feeding and tying mechanismi, means for holding said operating rodat the limit of its forward movement, and means operated by the plungerfor subsequently rcleasing said operating rod from said holding meansand for raising it automatically thereby causing the engagement of thelever with its support.

17. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, actuating means therefor, means for setting said actuatingmeans into operation, said last named means including the longitudinallyextending rod 36 arranged upon a forward movement to set the actuatingmeans for the wire feeding and tying means into operation, actuatingmechanisms for a material feeder, and an operative connection betweensaid operating rod and said last named actuating mechanisms, and meansfor rendering it inoperative by and upon the forward movement of theoperating rod.

18. In a baling press, the combination of wire feeding and tyingmechanisms, actuating means therefor, means for setting said actuatingmeans into operation, said last named means including a longitudinallyex tending rod, a lever carried by the forward end of said rod andformed with a downwardly facing shoulder, a star wheel adapted to beengaged and intermittingly turned by the material in the baling chamber,a shaft operatively connected by said star wheel so as to be turnedthereby, a standard forming one of the supports for said shaft, said standard being formed with an extended surface 414, a bracket carried bysaid shaft, a releasing dog carried by said bracket and pivotallyconnected thereto, said dog being in the path of the shoulder end ofsaid lever, said shoulder end normally resting upon said surface 44, andmeans carried by the bracket for engaging said dog and pushing the sameagainst the lever whereby to slide the same oil of the supportingsurface 44.

19. In a baling pre s, a plunger, means for reciprocating the same thecombination of a wire feeding and tying mechanism, actuating meanstherefor, means for setting said actuating means into operation, saidlast named means including a longitudinally extending rod arranged to beoperated by the plunger, a lever secured to the forward on d of said rodand formed with a downwardly facing shoulder, a standard provided with abearing surface with which said shoulder is designed to engage wherebyto hold the operating rod out of operative relation to the plunger, astar wheel arranged to be intermittingly turned by the material in thebaling chamber of the press, a shaft operatively connected to said starwheel so as to be turnedtherelw, said shaft being j ournaled in one endof said standard, a bracket carried by one end of said shaft, and aweighted dog pivot-ally connected to said bracket, the bracket beingformed with a lug adapted to spring up against the rear edge of the dogand push ,the same against the lever whereby to disengage the lever fromthe standard.

20. In a baling press, trie combination of a wire feeding and tyingmechanism, means for actuating the same, means for setting saidactuating means into operation, said last named means including alongitudinally extending rod arranged for an up and down movement, alever carried by the forward end of said rod, a support with whicl'rsaid lever is designed to engage whereby to hold the lever and the redat the upper limit of their up and down movement, a plunger, means forreciprocating said plunger, the plunger being arranged to move theoperating red forwardly into the lowered position of the rod, means forautomatically moving said lever from its support and-permitting thelever and rod to drop at a predetermined point in the compressinoperation, means for subsequently automaticall releasing the rod andlever and causing a subsequent engagement of the lever with its supportat the completion of the operation of the wire feed- .ing and tyingmechanism.

21. ln a baling press, the combination of a plunger, a pitman connectedto said plunger, two vertically disposed crank w reels, a crankconnecting said wheels together and connected to the rear end of saidplunger whereby to reciprocate the plunger by and upon the rotation ofsaid wheels, transversely extending shafts, spur gears loosely mountedupon said shafts, means for automatically coupling said spur gears andtheir shafts by and upon the completion of a bale of a predeterminedsize, wire feeding mechanism, wire holders, an operative connectionbetween one of said spur gears and the wire feeding mechanism, wiretying mechanism, an operative connection bet-ween the other spur gearand the wire tying mechanism, two toothed segments secured to one ofsaid crank wheels and spaced from each other and arranged to mesh withthe wire feeding actuating spur gear, and a single pinion carried by theother crank wheel and arranged to engage with the other spur gear at theinterval between the two engagements of the first named segments andtheir spur gears.

22. In a baling press, the combination of wire holders, wire twisters,needles through which the wires are threaded to the wire holders, aseparator frame, needle carrying arms having a longitudinal movement insaid separator frame, means for automatically swinging said separatorframe upwardly to carry the needles to the wire holders, and means forautomatically effecting a'longitudinal movement of the needle carryingarms in the separator frame upon the upward movement of the latter.

In a baling press, the combination of a supporting framework,compression mechanism mounted therein, means for actuating the same,wire twisting mechanism, needle carrying arms arranged to move towardand from the wire twisting mechanism and carrying the wire. thereto, andactuating means for the needle carrying arms and the wire twistingmechanism, said last named means including two wheels journaled atopposite sides of the framework, one for the twisting mechanism and theother for lifting the needle carrying arms, the first of these twowheels being provided. with a toothed seg ment and the other of thesewheels carrying two spaced segments acting respectively before and afterthe other segment, and means actuating said segments for first removingthe needle carrying arm toward the twisters, then actuating thetwister-s, and finally moving the needle carrying arms away from thetwisters.

2e. In a baling press, the combination of wire holders, wire twisters,needles through which the wires are passed to the wire holders, apivoted separator frame, needle carrying arms having a longitudinalmovement in said separator frame, means for automatically swinging saidseparator frame forwardly to carry the needles to the wire holders, saidneedle carrying arms being provided with in teriorlytoothed racks, andstationary toothed segments mounted on the axles of said frame andengaging said racks, for the purpose specified.

25. in a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, meansfor actuat ing the same, wire feeding and twisting mechanisms, means foractuating said twisting mechanism, said actuating means in cluding ashaft 67, a wire cutting mechanism, and means for actuating said wirecutting mechanism, said last mentioned means including a cam carried bysaid shaft.

In testimony whereof ll my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. JACKSON.

Witnesses SrLAs RAsMUssoN, J. C. Johnson.

